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are of a pale yellow colour; and possess at all times an agreeable 
fragrant smell, and warm, bitterish, aromatic taste, whereas the roots 
of Kempferia rotunda possess little cr nothing of these sensible qua- 
lities, and are withal too rare in every part of India, where-I have 
been, to allow me to think, any quantity of them can ever be collected 
for exportation. 
3. C. zanthorrhiza. R. 
Bulbs ovate, with both palmate and pendulous tuben deep yellow, 
Leaves sessile on their green sheaths, broad pne a Se 
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tanic ‘Garden’ at eee in the year 1798, and only . owere« : 
the first time in April and May, 1810. It is the only kind T rave 
yet met with, which has its pendulous tubers inwardly of a deep yel- 
low colour, like that of the bulb and palmate tubers. The sheaths 
of the scapes and leaves are green. The coma large, and of a deep 
purple, or crimson colour. Exterior border of the corol red. Leaves 
broad-lanceolar, and oblong; there is a narrow purple cloud down the 
middle of them, which penetrates to the underside ; the whole height 
about four feet. . 
4. C. elata. R. 
_ Bulbs oblong, obovate, and with the numerous, large, incurvate, 
; iare tubers, inwardly of a pale yellow. Leaves sessile on their 
sheaths, oblong Anio underneath; the whole of an uniform green. 
A native of Burma, and from thence introduced by Dr. W. Carey, | 
into the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, ite it flowers in March and 
April. 
A full description of this species is unnecessary, as it resembles. 
the other species already described, in every respect, except in i 
as are pointed out in the definition, viz. its immensely large- 
numerous bulbs and tubers, which are inwardly of a pale yell 
Jour ; the latter run very near the surface of the ground, and are much 
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